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Wed Jul 24, 2024 4:31 pm

I'm looking to potentially buy a 1962 Beetle and this is the photo of the engine. Is this a `62 engine?

Wed Jul 24, 2024 4:42 pm

No. it's a much later engine, but also an improvement over a '62 in power.

Wed Jul 24, 2024 4:56 pm

Yeah, a 1962 engine originally looked something closer to this:

Wed Jul 24, 2024 7:07 pm

"It means your engine can't possibly boil over. Or freeze. Or rust. Or leak. Ever".

I wonder if I can get a warranty repair with that last Or? :D :D :D :D

Wed Jul 24, 2024 8:24 pm

JollieOllie wrote: I'm looking to potentially buy a 1962 Beetle and this is the photo of the engine. Is this a `62 engine?
No. At minimum that's a 12-volt 1600cc dual port engine, with an aftermarket centrifugal advance distributor, alternator....

Wed Jul 24, 2024 9:47 pm

I would be more concerned about the look of that rear apron than the engine.
You can easily swap a stale air 40 horse back in there if you wanted to, but the “bodywork” involved to get a decklid seal channel back on there, correct latch, etc. looks very daunting…
Unless you don’t care…?

Thu Jul 25, 2024 3:45 am

meh, the challenge would be to find anything on that engine that IS from 1962.

Thu Jul 25, 2024 3:51 am

I’ve used late bus foam engine seals in beetle engine bays for years.

Thu Jul 25, 2024 7:19 am

Thanks all for your comments. I'll keep looking for now.

Thu Jul 25, 2024 7:32 am

Jeff Geisen wrote: I’ve used late bus foam engine seals in beetle engine bays for years.

If that is a response to me, I don’t mean the engine seal.
Look at whole rear of the car where the decklid seals against the body. It looks like the seal channel does not exist…?
Or is it there, just no seal, and the lack of shadows is messing with my eyes…?
Weird

Thu Jul 25, 2024 8:42 am

house - I've seen quite a few restos where the seal channel has been cut away and not replaced...

Thu Jul 25, 2024 10:59 am

finster wrote: house - I've seen quite a few restos where the seal channel has been cut away and not replaced...

Does that affect the cooling ability of the engine? Is there a seal on the lid or is the metal of the lid resting on the metal of the apron?

Thu Jul 25, 2024 11:09 am

this is how it should look, both engine and seal. I don't think it will affect cooling but I always wondered if the lid would rattle against the valence. there has to be a reason for the seal or the vw engineers wouldn't fit it... :-k

Thu Jul 25, 2024 11:11 am

Really, you want to keep the air out around the engine, top to bottom. Rubber seal there. You can change that out to a foam H seal if you wanted, VW had such on type 4 engines in Type 2s.

The engine lid seal, well people prop that open all the time to allow more outside air into the works. Offset hinge mounts at the top or various ways to open it at the bottom.

Thu Jul 25, 2024 11:28 am

If you click, and then click on the window that opens to zoom the photo, it looks like the channel and seal are there. Just some strange gap where pavement is visible below.

Maybe the shelf (tray) is banged in a little bit :-k Seen that a LOT.

Sun Jul 28, 2024 6:36 pm

Again, thanks for your responses.